Travis Kriens

Wednesday Sports: July 17, 2025

July 17, 2025 Travis Kriens

WEDNESDAY SPORTS, JULY 16, 2025 AMATEUR BASEBALL Parkston Rays 1, Wynot (Neb.) 0 Alexandria vs. Corsica – Thursday Mitchell Aces vs. Parkston Rays – Thursday Garretson vs. Parkston Mudcats – Thursday MITCHELL KERNELS — Mitchell Gold [Read More…]

Medicaid cuts in federal budget could hit rural health hard in South Dakota

July 16, 2025 Travis Kriens

Bart Pfankuch / South Dakota News Watch Wade Erickson doesn’t want to seem like an alarmist. But Erickson, CEO of Horizon Health Care in South Dakota, has serious concerns about how the Medicaid cuts embedded [Read More…]

South Dakota schools left ‘scrambling’ after feds withhold $25.8 million in funding

July 16, 2025 Travis Kriens

Makenzie Huber/South Dakota Searchlight Teacher contracts were signed in the spring and school district budgets were prepared months ago. But weeks before school starts, South Dakota schools are missing $25.8 million they planned to use [Read More…]

Grants Available For Historic Churches

July 16, 2025 Travis Kriens

PIERRE, S.D. – The history of nearly every South Dakota town is in some way intertwined with a church – both the institution and the building. Churches represent who we were, who we are, and, [Read More…]

Kyle Schwarber’s 3 homers in All-Star Game’s first tiebreaking swing-off lift NL over AL

July 16, 2025 Travis Kriens

ATLANTA (AP) — Kyle Schwarber was nervous. He had played in Game 7 of the World Series, homered for the United States in the World Baseball Classic. But he had never walked up to the [Read More…]

With family support, Cal Raleigh becomes first catcher, switch-hitter to win Home Run Derby

July 16, 2025 Travis Kriens

ATLANTA (AP) — Cal Raleigh approached the All-Star Home Run Derby like a day on the lawn. Dad was on the mound and baby brother was behind the plate. Only this time, there were tens [Read More…]

Legislative committee finalizes benefit cut for needy families

July 16, 2025 Travis Kriens

Makenzie Huber/South Dakota Searchlight Starting in August, low-income South Dakota families participating in a welfare program will receive less money to spend on necessities such as gas, groceries, utilities and rent. The benefit cut is [Read More…]

South Dakota senator’s deal sparing tribes helps advance bill stripping funds from NPR, PBS, foreign aid

July 16, 2025 Travis Kriens

Jennifer Shutt/States Newsroom WASHINGTON — The U.S. Senate on Tuesday night moved one step closer to canceling $9 billion in previously approved funding for several foreign aid programs and public broadcasting after GOP leaders addressed [Read More…]

Senate panel endorses billions for B-21s and millions for South Dakota construction

July 16, 2025 Travis Kriens

John Hult/South Dakota Searchlight Funding for the B-21 bomber program, construction money to support it at a base near Rapid City, and money for a Watertown National Guard vehicle maintenance building are wins for South [Read More…]

Pierre Man Sentenced to Life in Prison for Murder Conviction

July 16, 2025 Travis Kriens

PIERRE, S.D. – South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley announces that a Pierre man has been sentenced to life in prison without the opportunity for parole after earlier being found guilty of Second Degree Murder in [Read More…]

Tuesday Sports: July 15, 2025

July 16, 2025 Travis Kriens

TUESDAY SPORTS, JULY 16, 2025 AMATEUR BASEBALL Winner/Colome vs. Mt. Vernon – Tuesday Alexandria vs. Corsica – Thursday Mitchell Aces vs. Parkston Rays – Thursday Garretson vs. Parkston Mudcats – Thursday MITCHELL KERNELS — Mitchell Gold [Read More…]

Jannik Sinner beats 2-time defending champion Carlos Alcaraz to win his first Wimbledon title

July 14, 2025 Travis Kriens

LONDON (AP) — Jannik Sinner insisted early on at Wimbledon that he put an excruciating loss to Carlos Alcaraz in their epic French Open final behind him. Sinner was sure that one defeat wouldn’t haunt him, wouldn’t [Read More…]

Former vice presidential candidate calls Noem ‘antithesis of the South Dakota I know’

July 14, 2025 Travis Kriens

John Hult/South Dakota Searchlight SIOUX FALLS — Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz regaled about a thousand people at a South Dakota Democratic Party fundraiser Saturday night with jabs at the state’s former and current governors, advice [Read More…]

How Wall is building a model to encourage housing growth

July 14, 2025 Travis Kriens

Bart Pfankuch / South Dakota News Watch WALL, S.D. – This small western South Dakota town known internationally for Wall Drug and its proximity to Badlands National Park seemed like the perfect place for Ana [Read More…]

Buxton hits for the cycle on his bobblehead day as Twins beat Pirates, 12-4

July 13, 2025 Travis Kriens

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — All-Star center fielder Byron Buxton hit for the cycle on his bobblehead day, completing it with a solo home run in the seventh inning, and the Minnesota Twins routed the Pittsburgh Pirates 12-4 on [Read More…]

Larnach hits two-run HR, Ryan outpitches Skenes as Twins beat Pirates 2-1

July 13, 2025 Travis Kriens

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Trevor Larnach hit a two-run homer, Joe Ryan outpitched Paul Skenes. and the Minnesota Twins beat Pittsburgh 2-1 on Friday night to hand the Pirates their seventh straight loss. Ryan (9-4) allowed [Read More…]

Iga Swiatek’s 6-0, 6-0 win over Amanda Anisimova delivers her her first Wimbledon title, 6th major

July 13, 2025 Travis Kriens

LONDON (AP) — For years, Iga Swiatek never quite felt comfortable on Wimbledon’s grass courts, never thought she could add a trophy there to her other Grand Slam triumphs. Oh, did that turn out to be wrong. And how. [Read More…]

Aaron Judge becomes fastest to 350 homers, doing so in 1,088 games, bettering Mark McGwire’s 1,280

July 13, 2025 Travis Kriens

NEW YORK (AP) — Aaron Judge didn’t just become the fastest player to hit 350 home runs, he did it in 192 fewer games than Mark McGwire. “I just think he’s playing in a different [Read More…]

Paul Skenes to start 2nd straight All-Star Game for NL and Tarik Skubal to open for AL

July 13, 2025 Travis Kriens

ATLANTA (AP) — Pittsburgh’s Paul Skenes will start his second straight All-Star Game for the National League and Detroit’s Tarik Skubal will open for the American League on Tuesday night at Truist Park. Major League [Read More…]

DANR and DOH Announce Air Quality Alert for South Dakota

July 13, 2025 Travis Kriens

PIERRE, S.D. – The South Dakota Department of Agriculture and Natural Resources (DANR) is issuing an air quality alert for areas of South Dakota where smoke from wildfires in Canada is forecasted to settle. The smoke [Read More…]